Thursday, April 06, 2006

Sutherland Lecture 2006

I'm hoping some of you might be able to join me and the Chicago children's-book posse at this year's Zena Sutherland Lecture on Friday, May 5 at 7:30PM at the Harold Washington Center of the Chicago Public Library. This year's speaker is Jacqueline Woodson, and her chosen topic is "How Do I Come Home Again?"

Tickets to the lecture and reception are ten dollars in advance (twelve dollars at the door); send check to University of Chicago/Sutherland Lecture, Blaine Library, 1362 E. 59th St., Chicago, Il 60637. Please enclose SASE; tickets for requests received April 28 will be held at the door. For more information call 312-747-4780.

The event is always a lot of fun, so come on down.

P.S. I love that the blogger.com spellchecker wants me to change "Zena" to "Zen."

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Or, if any of you would much rather see Ms. Woodson for free (and get free food to boot) then may I suggest that you instead come on over to the Donnell Library on Thursday, April 13th from 6:00-8:00 in New York City. Her topic will be "On Never Having Wanted To Be a Writer: A History of How I Became One Anyway". Sorry to co-opt your blog, Roger, but I need all the press for this that I can get.

About Me

I've been the editor in chief of The Horn Book, Inc, since 1996; previously editor of The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books and a children's and young adult librarian. Received my M.A. in library science from the University of Chicago in 1982 and a B.A. from Pitzer College in 1978.